Special Spring Issue Volume 97, Issue 1 March, 2011 Special points of interest: • Honor Roll • Perfect Attendance • Journalism Club News • Family Movie Night Info • NCLB Annual Meeting Info • News from the Grades • Tons of other great stuff! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Brake’s Take 2 March Calendar 3 Students of the Month 4-5 Honor Roll 7 Perfect Attendance 8-9 News from the Grades 10-19 CPS Dates 20 B RIDGE B UGLE ―Bruno‖ An Illinois Honor Roll of Schools ―Academic Improvement Award” & ―Spotlight School Award” Winner! Achievement Award” Winner, an “Autonomous Management Performance School” (AMPS), a SPEAK UP 200! School and A CPS ―Rising Star” school, a “School of Distinction”, a CPS “Exemplary 85 Years Dear Parents and Families: Please do not drive onto the Bridge Ele- mentary School (3800 N. New England) park- ing lot to drop-off or pick-up students. Smaller children are hard to see and the car traffic has created a dangerous situation for our children. Thank you for your cooperation! -The Bridge Safety Committee- BRIDGE CHAMPION! 7 th Grader, Safaa Suleiman, is Bridge Jr. High’s champion for the 2010-2011 spelling bee. Thank you to all of the participants and staff who helped make this an exciting event. Safaa will be representing our school at the March 18 th , 2011, city-wide spelling bee at Portage Park Elementary. Congratulations on your win Safaa! Champion Safaa Suleiman
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Special Spring Issue Volume 97, Issue 1
March, 2011
Special points of interest:
• Honor Roll
• Perfect Attendance
• Journalism Club News
• Family Movie Night Info
• NCLB Annual Meeting Info
• News from the Grades
• Tons of other great stuff!
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Brake’s Take 2
March Calendar 3
Students of the Month 4-5
Honor Roll 7
Perfect Attendance 8-9
News from the Grades 10-19
CPS Dates 20
B R I D G E B U G L E
―Bruno‖
An Illinois Honor Roll of Schools ―Academic Improvement Award” & ―Spotlight School Award” Winner!
Achievement Award” Winner, an “Autonomous Management Performance School” (AMPS), a SPEAK UP 200! School and
A CPS ―Rising Star” school, a “School of Distinction”, a CPS “Exemplary 85
Years
Dear Parents and Families: Please do not drive onto the Bridge Ele-
mentary School (3800 N. New England) park-
ing lot to drop-off or pick-up students. Smaller
children are hard to see and the car traffic has
created a dangerous situation for our children.
Thank you for your cooperation!
-The Bridge Safety Committee-
BRIDGE CHAMPION! 7th Grader, Safaa Suleiman, is Bridge Jr. High’s champion for the 2010-2011
spelling bee. Thank you to all of the participants and staff who helped make
this an exciting event. Safaa will be representing our school at the March
18th, 2011, city-wide spelling bee at Portage Park Elementary.
Congratulations on your win Safaa!
Champion Safaa Suleiman
Page 2 Volume 97, Issue 1
Do you have any
ideas, suggestions,
or comments on
ways to improve our
school and the ser-
vices that our chil-
dren receive? If so,
please call, write a
letter, or see me to
share your ideas.
Your input is greatly
appreciated.
Thank You!
Dr. Brake
Students/Teachers
Staff/Parents
Would you like to
have a poem, article,
short story, event, or
other item of interest
published in the
Bridge Bugle?
Submit your item to
Dr. Brake
on a memory stick
(Microsoft Word format preferred)
no later than the third
week of the month for
publication in the next
month‘s school news-
paper.
BRAKE ’S TAKE
-March Non-Attendance Days for Students-
Casmir Pulaski Holiday
Monday, March 7, 2011
No School
ISAT Testing: March 8th-11th Testing season is upon us this school year. The Illi-
nois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) will be given
the week of March 8th-11th. Make-up testing 14th-18th.
Our Annual NCLB PAC meeting will be held on
3/9/11 at 5:30 PM (more info on page 20). The develop-
ment of the 2011-2012 School Improvement Plan for
Advancing Academic Achievement (SIPAAA) is also
under way. The next community SIPAAA development
meeting is March 9th, at 7:00 PM.
All parents and community members are invited to
participate in these meetings. It‘s really true–
Great People Make Great Schools.
Thanks for helping make our school great!
Happy
St. Patrick‘s
Day
Dr. Christopher Brake
Spring Vacation is April 18th-22nd
No School
School Resumes 4/25/11
When: Wednesday, March 9th
Following the NCLB/LSC Meeting at 5:30 PM
Where: Bridge School Room 106
Who: Parents/Community Members
What: Develop 2011-2012 SIPAAA
&
When: Friday, April 1st , 10:00 AM
Where: Bridge Elementary School Room 106
Who: Parents/Community Members
What: Develop 2011-2012 SIPAAA Great People Make Great Schools
Community SIPAAA* Meetings
*School Improvement Plan for Advancing Academic Achievement
Annual NCLB PAC Meeting on 3/9/11 @ 5:30 PM See page 20 for complete information and meeting agenda
-This activity funded by Title I funds-
Indicates day of non-attendance for students
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Mid-Quarter
Progress
Reports
Distributed
To
Students
March 9th
1 2 3 Kindergarten
Photos
4 Mid-Quarter
5
6 7 Pulaski’s
Holiday
No
School
8 9 LSC/
NCLB PAC
Annual
Meeting 5:30 PM
Room 106
10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17
St. Patrick’s
Day
18
Family
Movie
Night
19 Grad
Re-Take
Photos
3/18
20 21 22 Spring
Photos
23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 Spring
Vacation
Is
April 18-22
March 2011
ISAT Testing Week
ISAT Make-Up Testing Week
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb...
Indicates After-School Program day
Pawel Wojtowicz
Ismael Araujo
Klaudia Gawruk
Christian Reyes
Julia Domain
Julia Strzalka Allison Aviles
Jasumi Carbajal Mohammed Hasan
Tomasz Mieczkowski Lizbeth Cabrera
Antony Gryka
March - Students of the Month
Kaitlyn Thompson Carmen Martinez Jorge Zambrano
Fotini Kaim
Kamil Obrochta
Avery Parker
Nicholas Guy
Kimberly Solis Alexis Albios
Tommy Green Jacob Rivera
Damian Pikul Justyna Szczech
Megan Szajna
Emilia Jakubaszek Martyna Akerman Tomasz Kuczewski
Bridge Elementary School Students of the Month are selected for their outstanding attendance, academic performance, and conduct.
Editors Note:
Some of our primary students
are not prematurely aging. It
was the 100th day of school
and some dressed up to look
100!
Room 201
Owais Abuhashish
Tomasz Kuczewski
Eric Platt
Monika Zawislak
Room 202
Kamil Piotrowski
Monika Staszel
Room 203
Patrick Bogusz
John Byer
Fotini Kaim
Szymon Ramos
Room 204
Jakub Bigos
Ashley Bock
Shannon McGuire
Kamil Obrochta
Room 206
Kamila Wrobel
Room 301
Marcelina Puc
Piotr Lesniak
Adrianna Goral
Room 302
Nicholas Guy
Remah Abuhashish
Room 303
Kathy Pukala
Brian Kuczynski
Jessica Tredota
Julia Troszczynska
Room 304
Megan Szajna
Room 305
Amber Avila
Kienna Bariso
Room 306
Natalia Gorlicka
Safaa Suleiman
Damian Pikul
Abigail Escobar
Rozan Deeb
Shylah Solis
Kelly Tarasiewicz
Dailah Medellin
Room 204
Sasha Aponte
Nicole Dziedzic
Ruben Garcia
Konrad Knap
Julia Konieczna
Alex Paszkowski
Room 205
Kinga Butryn
Jennifer Castaneda
Zuzanna Pasierbek
John Sak
Quinn Taylor
Room 206
Kelsey Vazquez
Maria Trevino
Brooke Silvestri
Rachel Schnoebelen
Chris Molina
Kevin Mienta
Tiara Lopez
Tommy Green
Aaron Borda
Andrew Azzam
Julia Smialkowska
Room 301
Jazmeen Rivera
Dawid Babula
Room 302
Anthony Barsano
Patric Hruswicki
Mateusz Wiechetek
Daniel Allegretti
Room 303
Jacob Rivera
James Sobotka
Juan Sanchez
Room 304
Lauren McGuire
Daniel McGinley
Patricia Kania
Anthony Jarvis
Corbin Bowen
Lukasz Kornas
Christian DeJesus
Alejandro Gonzalez
Room 305
Gabriella Borghese
Carlie Vasquez
Illiana Farfan
Gabriela Castillo
Alexandra Macias
Isabelle Santiago
Danielle Walsh
Room 306
Aman Haidari
Victoria Galvan
Sebastian Ksiazek
David Lozeau
Nicolas Pesole
Room 201
Morad Deeb
Aleksander Gronkowski
Joshua Kornatowski
Anna Kulach
Nicole Lesniak
Holly Lewandowski
Nicole Soltyszewski
Magdalena Naruszewicz
Room 202
Samantha Alanis
Alexis Albios
Patty Amador
Brynisha Campbell
Alyssa Galiardo
Jacob Habayed
Eduardo Martinez
Sylwia Mieczkowski
Destiny Morales
Neidelyn Reyes
Rafael Reza
Paulina Ryndak
Natalia Sak
Room 203
Samantha Armijo
Patrick Gillespie
Natalie Hanek
Natalia Hernandez
James Ignatowski
Justin Johnson
Wiktoria Kurc
Brian Kwiatkowski
Katherine Misterka
Kacper Rebeszko
Congratulations
To Our
Scholars!
SEC O N D QUARTER S I LV ER HON O R RO LL
GO L D E N HO N O R
R O L L
Room 001
Maya Konieczna
Radek Bobowski
Carmela Pesole
Ryan Szajna
Anthony Guy
Jason Harenberg
Alexander Jamroz
Pawel Wojtowicz
Lesly Herrera
Kelly Conneely
Amir Abuawad
Jamilah Jibawi
Room 002
Francisco Rivera
Oscar Cabrera
Olivia Harcarik
Fabian Martinez
Daniel Santiago
Alexandra Zugaj
Allen Namrood
Adam Wroblewski
Justin Munoz
Rochelle Borda
Michael Kurowski
Nathaniel Zukowski
Bruno Myszkowski
Natalia Kolos
William Kanasky
Mateusz Wojtowicz
Room 003
Luz Vazquez
Gabriel Nunez
Samantha Pelaez
Roberto Hernandez
Stephanie Anguiano
Maliha Ahmed
Karolina Kacala
Aleksandra Smyk
Daniel Alcantar
Gabriela Nolivos
Muimen Fareh
Martyna Akerman
Room 101
Ibraheem Gomaa
Leaila Medellin
Denise Vidal
Room 102
Gabriela Mlynarczyk
Kristy Azzam
Kylieblu Santiago
Geena Gilbert
Azra Haskovic
Room 103
Lissa Gomez
Ailin Corona
Emilia Bucko
Ariel Guerra
Robert Bobowski
Room 108
Paola Nolivos
Victoria Lysek
Aleksander Kolat
Nicholas King
Matthew Krupa
Room 202
Jacob Ortegon
Joceline Peralta
Kristian Martinez
Aaliyah Schein
Emanuel Crespo
Amanda Santiago
Jakub Iwanski
Julian Fajardo
Olivia Kocot
Angelica Krystopa
Kylie Bertacchi
Allison Green
Dylan Wilcek
Jaelon Willis
Room 203
Gabriel Reyes
Lucas Bigos
Tori Napolitano
Matthew Kurowski
Melissa Krajewski
Christian Wolski
Allison Aviles
Francisco Saez
Kevin Thomas
Juan Baca
Angelo Mustafa
Joshua Hernandez
Andrea Hoffman
Ella Camaci
Room 204
Hadeel Abuawad
Ashley Galeno
Cassidy Medina
Denys Chelak
Yasmeen Peralta
Hubert Bartosczyk
Room 206
Faustyna Waz
Claudia Szczesna
Adam Pruszynski
Victoria Bobro
Adriana Palka
Victoria Roj
Kacper Mutl
Natalia Babula
Jakub Irla
Nicole Czternastek
Klaudia Gawruk
Room 207
Lizbeth Cabrera
Alex Hernandez
Trinity Perez
Jesus Gonzalez
Kaitlyn Tarasiewicz
Robert Ruiz
Katarzyna Puc
Natalia Guerra
Nicole Stanford
Patricia Banasik
Armando Ayala
Edin Haskovic
Room 208
Jamal Abughoush
Ayah Ghunaim
Adam Khater
Kevin Martinez
Jayden Chalabi
Zamary Huerta
Luis Avila
Derik Galeno
Sheraz Ahmed
Brandon Perez
Room 209
Karol Piotrowski
Kevin Barna
Sean Simmons
Mateusz Babula
Omar Santiago
Kacper Kwiecien
Anthony Oleksiewicz
Matthew Bozek
Sebastian Kuczek
Dayna Dayson
Shannon Gillespie
Destinee Torres
Jakub Rojek
Suzanne Miekisz
Room 210
Nicholas Nickson
Sarah Guerin
Jahaira Rodriguez
Milosz Rebeszko
Natalia Obrochta
Brandon Bolivar
Sara Virella
Alexander Cross
Christian Reyes
Raquel Marrero
Selena Gonzalez
Leonard Pantina
Michael Mlynarczyk
Lola Sabatino
Maria Tantcheva
Room 211
Alejandro Vallejo
Nicole Vergel
Adrian Grabowski
Andre Namrood
Jonathan Aispuro
Lukasz Peza
Heidy Araujo
Cody Gomez
Roberto Salgado
Tomasz Pikul
Jesse Nunez
Victoria Baran
Jesus Manzanares
Second Quarter
Perfect Attendance
Room 212
Melissa Thomas
Kamil Pisanko
Tomasz Mieczkowski
Jacob Conway
Nina Dziamba
Michael Kasparian
Anisa Kornafel
Agnes Zajac
Lucas Kovarik
Angelica Hryb
Abdel Jibawi
Alexis Bredicean
Mariajose Estrada
Jeremiah Cruz
Room 201 Jr.High
Magdalena Narusze-
wicz
Owais Abuhashish
Monika Zawislak
Agapefaith Alfaro
Nazim Demiri
Jairo Salinas
Jakub Kacala
Eric Platt
Szymon Kuczynski
Aleksander Gron-
kowski
Room 202 Jr.High
Nicole Zacny
Sylwia Mieczkowski
Kamil Piotrowski
Samantha Alanis
Eduardo Martinez
Piotr Szczech
Rafael Reza
Monika Staszel
Natalia Sak
Neidelyn Reyes
Room 203 Jr.High
Samantha Armijo
Victoria Majerczyk
Shylah Solis
Kelly Tarasiewicz
Kayla Jurewicz
Dailah Medellin
Brian Kwiatkowski
Natalie Hanek
Patrick Bogusz
Samantha Carey
Sebastian Hernandez
Yareli Flores
James Ignatowski
Ramon Estrada
Patrick Gillespie
Wiktoria Kurc
Kacper Rebeszko
Room 204 Jr.High
Maksym Ilkiv
Shannon McGuire
Delanie Preston
Kamil Obrochta
Andrea Reyes
Jakub Bigos
Sasha Aponte
Daniel Taylor
Alexander Paszkow-
ski
Ecxon Herrera
Kiara Barrios
Jessica Figueroa
Alexandro Valenzue-
la
Khalia Phoxay
Angelica Kozuszko
Nicholas Paprzycki
Konrad Knap
Room 205 Jr.High
Bernardo Trevino
Alexis Alvarez
Johnathan Nickson
Quinn Taylor
Jose Reyes
Patrick Knap
John Sak
Jessica Zajac
Priscila Gonzalez
Room 206 Jr.High
Rebecca Guerin
Rikeya Hargrove
Second Quarter
Perfect Attendance
Alexander Hernandez
Maria Trevino
Nicole Palaez
Theodore Nickson
Tiara Lopez
Alexis Lopez
Kevin Mienta
Ashley Badillo
Xochilt Herrera
Steven Gilbert
Valentina Mora
Room 301 Jr.High Jacob Parker
Isabel Alfaro
Katarzyna Koperny
Lukasz Boufal
Alexandra Kania
Adrianna Goral
Kevin Mustafa
Marcelina Puc
Justyna Szczech
Diana Trejo
Piotr Lesniak
Joshua Lebron
Karolina Lukasiak
Tomasz Tutka
Room 302 Jr.High
Nicole Brzezinska
Bartosz Pikul
Damian Jaje
Nicholas Guy
Mateusz Wiechetek
Joshua Santos
Angela Mercado
Daniel Allegretti
Juliette Castillo
Room 303 Jr.High
James Sobotka
Juan Sanchez
Jasmine Ayala
Sadaf Ahmed
Katarzyna Pukala
Jessica Tredota
Thomas Carey
Cyndy Zukowski
Karolina Galinska
Angel Salinas
Daniel Lozeau
Aleksandra Niemas
Julia Troszczynska
Room 304 Jr.High
Christian DeJesus
Alejandro Gonzalez
Robert Jurewicz
Megan Szajna
Grzgorz Chlebek
Lauren McGuire
Kacper Dworak
Molly Filipowicz
Darelis Salazar
Lukasz Kornas
Justin Lozeau
Jose Rivera 111
Stephanie Ayala
William Young
Room 305 Jr.High
Avery Parker
Alexandra Macias
Isabelle Santiago
Kienna Bariso
Tiffany Myszkowski
Gregory Pikul
Ubayda Khater
Bartek Zadzilko
Gabriella Castillo
Room 306 Jr.High
Victoria Galvan
Nicolas Pesole
David Hruswicki
Damian Pikul
Abigail Escobar
Brandon Reyes
Nur Hussein
Alec Panagopoulos
David Lozeau
March News
BRIDGE PRE -K
What’s happening…
Room 105 has been working incredibly hard creating sculptures out of many new materials.
The children have explored foil, wire, and wooden blocks. They are also working on writing
and illustrating incredible stories! We can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
After a lengthy study of animals, Room 109 has been exploring the fine art of hair design. Both
AM and PM groups have turned the dramatic play areas into a busy salon (without actual hair
cutting)! It will be exciting to see how this project develops over the next few weeks.
Spaceships have launched incredible ideas and creations in Room 111. The children have
made constellations, the “Milky Way”, and even their own space ships. They are wrapping up
this amazing study and beginning to develop new ideas for their next study.
Our supplies are getting low! If you would like to donate supplies to the Pre-K class-
rooms, we would greatly appreciate donations of…
Baby wipes
Disinfecting wipes
Paper towels
Kleenex
Storybus is coming to Bridge!
Our Kindergarten teacher team has been at-tending Kohl McCormick Sto-rybus Workshops to bring learning back to the class-room. All this hard work has already benefitted our stu-dents! The theme for the Sto-rybus is The Three Little Pigs. We have been reading various versions of the story in the classroom and focus-ing on developing literacy skills. Students have enjoyed various learning activities, such as acting out the story, building scenes from the sto-ry and discussing concepts, such as character, setting, plot, and beginning, middle and end of stories.
To bring the theme to a close, the Storybus will be visiting our school in the Spring for an in-school field trip! This is an actual bus filled with extended learning activities related to The Three Little Pigs.
KindergartenKindergartenKindergarten NewsNewsNews
Our Kindergarten teacher team has been attending Erikson Institute’s Early Math workshops. Students are already reaping the benefits through the inter-active, hands-on approach to learning math skills that works alongside our cur-rent math curriculum. Just ask your child about, “Counting Creatures”, “The Three Museum”, and “Mouse Count”, which cov-er the math concepts of Al-gebraic Thinking, and Numbers and Operation. We will also be covering Measurement, Data Analy-sis, and Geometry and Spatial Relations.
Bringing
Math Alive
“Please Sir, I would like
to buy some bricks
from you, so that I can
build my home”
“The Life and Times of Junie B.”
First and Second Grade News
The first grade classrooms have been reading books from the Junie B. Jones series. The students loved
to hear about Junie B.‘s many adventures. When we found out that the Junie B. play ―The Life and
Times of Junie B.‖ was coming to Chicago we thought it would be fun to go see it. We went to the
Copernicus Theater on a field trip and were able to see what Junie B.‘s life was really like. We were
also able to take part in the play as Junie B. sang, danced and laughed with her friends.
Happy 100th Day of School!
We‘ve had 100 amazing days of school! On February 25th, first and second grade students celebrated
the 100th day of school by dressing up as 100 year-old grandmas and grandpas. Students participated
in various activities such as making ―100th Day of School‖ posters, crowns, and reading stories about
the 100th day of school. Everyone enjoyed this fun-filled day!
―This show was amazing. I loved it so much.‖ -Victoria C. (202)
―I went to a theater and I can‘t tell you how great it was.‖
-Adam P. (206)
―I liked when Herb shared his paper with Junie B. because she
was on her last piece of paper in her book of adventures. That
was really nice of him.‖ -Kamil M. (203)
―The show was very funny and it made me laugh. It was a very
good show.‖ -Nicole C. (206)
―I liked when Herbert complimented Junie B.‘s glasses so that
May would not make fun of her. That was very nice of Herbert.‖
-Mason W. (202)
―I liked the part when Junie B. was dancing with her friends be-
cause they were all good dancers.‖ -Franky S. (203)
The Pig Robbers by Denys C.
Once upon a time there were five pigs. One day a pig
said, ―Let‘s be robbers!‖ Then another pig said, ―We
can be rich and buy whatever we want!‖ ―Let‘s make
costumes,‖ said another. When the pigs were done,
they went to rob the bank. They started robbing the
bank and the alarm turned on. Then the police came
and one pig shouted, ―Leave us alone!‖ The police
didn‘t believe their eyes. Talking pigs were robbing a
bank! ―You five are going to pig jail,‖ the police
In Room 208 we have been very busy learning about the life cycles of
frogs. While reading the story ―Where Do Frogs Come From?‖ the
class was very excited when we received our two class pets, bullfrog
tadpoles. The students brainstormed names for the tadpoles and then
voted on which two names they liked the best. Kane and Jordan are the
names that were elected. We have watched our tadpoles grow up as
they now have back legs and are beginning to lose their tails. We are
still waiting for the front legs to grow. We can‘t wait for Kane and Jor-
dan to turn into frogs!
Learning about Life Cycles
Fantasy Stories
Students in Room 204 are learning about different genres of literature. This month, we are reading
fantasy stories. These stories are about events that can not happen in real life. We read stories ―The
Day Jimmy‘s Boa Ate the Wash‖ and ―How I Spent My Summer Vacation‖. Students also wrote and
The Dancing Giraffe
by Carolina A. and Wiktoria W.
There once was a giraffe that couldn‘t dance so
it went to take dancing lessons. The giraffe was
good at the dancing lessons, so it went to dance
in a dance show and won. Then it became a fa-
mous dancer.
Third and Fourth Grade News MAKING FOSSILS ROOM 209
The third grade students have been studying rocks and miner-
als. As a hands-on activity they made two different kinds of
fossils. Each student brought in some salt dough. They made a
disc out of the dough. Then, they put a thin layer of Vaseline on
the back of a seashell. Next, they pressed the seashell into the
dough. When they took the shell out it left an imprint. They
filled the imprint with liquid glue. When the glue dried, they
peeled it off and Presto! They had a mold and a cast fossil.
Everyone had a great time.
Fifth and Sixth Grade News Ancient Egypt
The 6th graders are currently studying ancient Egypt in history class. So far, we have learned about 4 of
Egypt’s greatest pharaohs and their most important achievements. We have learned about Khufu and the building
of the Great Pyramid at Giza, Senusret I and his White Chapel in Karnak, Hatshepsut and her temple carved out
of the side of a cliff in Dayr al-Bahri, and finally Ramses II and his Great Temple in Abu Simbel. The students
took an imaginary trip down the Nile River to visit these 4 monuments, and then wrote letters to a friend or a rel-
ative describing their trip to Egypt and all of the interesting things they learned about its pharaohs and sites. If
you see our letters posted in the hallway, please take the time to read a few! We hope you enjoy reading them as
much as we enjoyed writing them!
Library News A few months ago, the Bridge family lost one of its most loving members – Ms. Lora Niewinski. Ms. Niewinski was very in-
volved in organizing our book fairs and was committed to connecting kids with the books which they wanted to read. In her loving
memory, the Scholastic Book Fairs has donated three books to the Bridge Library: ―Heart to Heart‖ by Lurlene McDaniel, ―A Season of
Gifts‖ by Richard Peck, and ―Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories‖ by Audrey Penn. All three books deal with loss and
ways of coping. ―Heart to Heart‖ and ―A Season of Gifts‖ can be found in our Jr. High Library, while ―Chester Raccoon and the Acorn
Full of Memories‖ is located in our Elementary Library. Ms. Niewinski will look down and smile knowing she is still making a differ-
ence.
Throughout all of February, third and fourth graders have been studying a traditional form of Japanese poetry – Haiku. Haiku
poems consist of 3 lines. The syllable pattern of a Haiku is 5, 7, 5. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line
has 7 syllables. Since the Haiku poet only has 3 lines to work with, Haiku poems are usually written about one simple thing. An animal,
a season of the year, a raindrop or a snowflake are all examples of Haiku topics. Third and fourth graders have been writing Haikus, and
Baseball hit hit that ball to
get one point for the team so
we could win the game
By: Bobby Jones Rm 207
Moonlight Bright light in the sky
with a smile on their face now
kids are dreaming dreams.
By: Edin Haskovic Rm 207
Animal Hidden in The Tree Hidden in the tree,
a green leaf with red leaves, that
glows like a frog‘s eyes.
By: Patricia Banasik Rm 207
Soccer Soccer is my sport
I go for soccer practice
soccer is my life
By: Matthew Bozek Rm 209
Bridge School Journalism Club Moderated by: Mr. Ambrosio and Ms. Gilana
Getting to know….Mr. Nakis
1.WHEN DID YOU START WORKING A BRIDGE SCHOOL?
I FIRST STARTED WORKING AT BRIDGE SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER OF 2010.
2.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB AND WHY?
MY FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB IS BEING PART OF A TEAM AND HELP-
ING STUDENTS RELIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
3.WHO WAS YOUR FAVORIT TEACHER AND WHY?
MY FAVORITE WAS MR.DENNAN BECAUSE HE WAS UNDERSTANDING,
FAIR, AND CONSTSTENT.HE WAS ALSO IN THE MOVIE HOOPDREAMS!
4.WHO IS SOMEONE THAT INSPIRES YOU AND WHY?
PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN THE NAVY INSPIRE BECAUSE THEY ARE SELF-
LESS PEOPLE AND THEY HELP OUR COUNTRY. THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN
HARMS WAY FOR OUR SAFTY.
5.IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND,WHAT OBJECT WOULD
WISH YOU HAD AND WHY?
I WOULD WISH TO HAVE BOATS TO GET OFF THE ISLAND.
BY:TAYLOR WARREN IN 203
Do you know some of the
holidays in March?
1 Peanut Butter Lovers' Day
2 Old Stuff Day
3 I Want You to be Happy Day
4 Employee Appreciation Day
6 National Frozen Food Day
10 Middle Name Pride Day
12 Girl Scouts Day
12 Plant a Flower Day
14 National Potato Chip Day
17 Saint Patrick's Day
19 Poultry Day
20 International Earth Day
24 National Chocolate Covered
Raisin Day
25 Waffle Day
26 Make Up Your Own Holiday
Day
ISAT Tips
The ISAT is coming! Get ready for the ISAT! So here are some tips to
help you!
1. Don’t forget to bring an extra #2 pencil .
2. Make sure you color the bubbles in well – dark and round.
3. You should read the questions first to get an idea of what they
are asking you.
4. Don’t spend so much time on one question.
5. Get a good night’s sleep and eat a good breakfast.
6. Read every answer and question.
7. Check your work!
8. Be on time for school.
9. You should try your best on the ISAT.
By: Alma Carmona 201 and Natalia Sak 202.
Principal’s Note: Good advice Alma & Natalia. Thank you!
Are you ready for a new green drink? Then try this: Gently break 2 small lime frozen-fruit bars off their sticks.
Ask an adult to peel 2 kiwis. Place the lime bar, kiwi fruit and 1 cup vanilla yogurt into a blender. Ask an adult
to help you blend the mixture until smooth. Top with whipped cream and colored sugar. I got this recipe from
my favorite magazine.
Bridge School Journalism Club
St. Patrick‘s Day Cupcakes:
Ingredients:
175 gm Self-Raising flour
150 gm Butter (softened)
150 gm Superfine (castor) sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
3 eggs
How to make the Vanilla Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350*F.
Line a 12 cup cake pan, with cup-
cake papers or non-stick cook-
ing spray.
Break eggs into a cup and beat
lightly using a fork.
Now, put all the ingredients in a
bowl and beat with an electric
mixer for 2 minutes.
Divide the mixture equally among
the cake cases.
Bake for 18-20 mins. Until the
cakes are properly cooked.
Leave to cool fully before icing.
How To Make Green Frosting:
For green frosting just buy white frost-
ing at any store and buy food color-
ing then mix for a dark color. Keep
mixing to make it darker. If you
want a light green don‘t mix too
long! You may also add green
sprinkles!
Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients:
I got this yummy recipe on a website called allrecipies.com!!
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg , lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
¼ cup butter melted
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9 times 5 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda. Blend egg and butter-
milk together, add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened.
Stir in butter, pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Cool
on wire rack. Wrap in foil for several hours or overnight for best flavor.
By: Monika Staszel 202
Principal‘s Note to Students: Do not cook without parent supervision!
Women’s History Month
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born January 17, 1964.
She is the wife of the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama,
and is the first African-American to be the First Lady of the United States.
William Sisters
Serena and Venus Williams are professional American tennis players.
Venus was born in 1980 and is a 7 time Grand slam title winner (singles competition).
Serena was born 1981 and is a 13 time Grand Slam winner (singles competition). To-
gether the have won 20 Grand Slam titles.
By: Brynisha Campbell and Amber Privett
ST Math
Did you ever want to play a game but your parents told you to learn not play games? Now you can playa game and learn, at the same time. This game is called st math. You play while learning math. On st math you can learn how to score quizzes/ tests ,place value ,decimal addition and subtraction , exponents , variables , lines and angles , factorization ,fraction con-cepts ,fraction addition and subtraction ,fraction addition and subtraction LI. Also ,relationships of decimal fraction per-cents, using data and graph, linear fraction and equation order pair and graphing parentheses , negative number opera-tion ,area ,volume , mean ,median , mode whole number operation , fraction multiplication and division and challenge which includes critical thinking. (Only 3rd- 5th grade)
Have fun!!!!!!! Monika Zawislak & Nicole Lesniak RM 201
Bridge School Journalism Club
Bridge Bulldog Sports Boys Basketball
Congratulations are in order for the 5th/6th boys
basketball team! The team finished second place
in their division this year and played very well all
season.
Coach Ambrosio
Front Row:(Left to Right) Anthony Grassini,
Jonathan Mejia, Sean Smith, Patrick Gillespie,
Giovanni Ramirez, Kamil Piotrowski.
Back Row: Coach Ambrosio, Mateusz Zieba,
Konrad Jaglowski, Daniel Delgado, Alexis Lopez,
Kamil Obrochta, Alexander Paszkoski Not Pic-
tured: Karol Pisanko
More sports!….Bridge Soccer Team
Tips For Try-outs:
First of all, don‘t be afraid to show the coach your
skills!
Be determined. Pretend the ball is your target, the goal
you‘re aiming for.
Be yourself, use your own moves, be a champion!
Don‘t get distracted by talks. Focus, keep your head
down here, not up in the sky!
NEVER EVER GIVE UP!
Drink lots of water.
Don‘t be afraid to make a move. If you make a mis-
take that‘s ok. It‘s normal.
Don‘t beat yourself up. You had the guts to try.
Don‘t worry about your look. The most important
things are your actions.
Don‘t be a big shot. Have good sportsmanship. Make
room for others.
GOOD LUCK!!
Kamila Wrobel Rm. 206
Pop Culture
Mechanical pencils have hit a big pop-
ularity zone lately. There are all different kinds of col-
ors, styles, and designs. Some have twisty-tops too.
Students like using them because it‘s the new thing to
use to write and sometimes they have pencil grips that
make it easier to write. You can get them at basically
any store! So get them now. By: Brynisha Campbell and Amber Privett 202
Do you like to play TRUTH or DARE with your
friends? Well here are some questions you can ask
your friends while you play.
DARE:
Scream as loud as you can.
Sing 3 nursery rhymes from beginning to end
without stopping.
Hop up and down like a frog.
Recite the alphabet backwards as fast as you
can… 3 times.
Stand on 1 foot for 20 minutes.
Spin around 20 times then walk in a straight line.
Make barnyard animal noises for 2 minutes.
TRUTH: Do you believe in UFO ‗s ?
What is the most embarrassing nickname you‘ve ever been
called ?
If you could trade places with anyone famous who would it be
and why ?
Name two people you‘d take to a desert island and why would
you take them?
Have you ever read someone else‘s diary?
Bridge art–i-facts
Students at the elementary school have been learning and
practicing drawing vehicles and transportation. First we looked
at different pictures of cars, buses, vans and trucks. Then we
broke them down into basic shapes and tried to draw them. We
experimented by drawing the outlines with paint, and
constructing vehicles out of construction paper.
This practice is in preparation for the Metra Safety
Poster Contest we are entering. Students will be working on
creating an original poster showing train safety.
Last year, 3 students from Bridge won 3rd and 4th place prizes.
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Jr. High students have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh
and his famous paintings, including ―Starry Night‖.
Students have been practicing a drawing technique called
hatching, and will be creating a Van Gogh inspired drawing
using watercolors and oil pastels.
3rd and 4th grade Landscape paintings
3rd and 4th grade have been working on landscape paintings the past 4 weeks.
Students drew a landscape demonstrating horizon line, foreground and
background. We learned about color mixing, layering and how to create lighter
and darker versions of colors (tint). These beautiful paintings will be hanging up
throughout the school. NICE WORK!
- Ms. Chrisman
Special Spring Issue
LSC = Local School Council NCLB PAC = No Child Left Behind Parent Advisory Committee
PTA = Parent Teacher Association BAC = Bilingual Advisory Committee
LSC President:
Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz
Parent Representatives: Mr. Daniel Aviles
Mrs. Terri Ignatowski
Mrs. Susan Szajna
Mr. Robert Walsh
Community Representatives:
Mrs. Yvonne Majewski
Mrs. Pat Walenga
Teacher Representatives:
Mr. Warren Metzdorff
Mrs. Kelly Naughton
Non-Teacher Representative:
Mrs. Maria Crespo
Administration:
Dr. Christopher Brake
PTA President:
Mrs. Susan Szajna
Vice-President:
TBD
Secretary:
Mrs. Terri Ignatowski
Treasurer:
Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz
NCLB PAC
President:
TBD
Vice-President:
TBD
Secretary:
TBD
BAC President:
Mrs. Sylwia Krupinska
Vice-President: Mrs. Claudia Lozano
Secretary:
Mrs. Zapata Adriana
Representative:
Mrs. Sabina Galinska
Alternate Representative: Mrs. Anna Lysek
“Bridges to Success” Bridge Elementary School
3800 N. New England Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60634
773-534-3718
Bridge Jr. High School Branch
7001 W. Addison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60634
773-534-0940
Principal:
Dr. Christopher Brake
Assistant Principal:
Mrs. Joyce Giannini
IM PORTANT CPS DAT E S 2010-2011 SC H OOL YE AR
Holidays March 7, 2011 - C. Pulaski’s Birthday*
May 30, 2011 - Memorial Day*
Vacations Spring Vacation: April 18-22, 2011*
Summer Vacation: Schools close for students on June TBA, 2011
Report Card Pick-Up Parent-Teacher Conference Days Wednesday, April 6, 2011*
Parents Please Note: All Report Card Pick-Up Parent-Teacher Conferences will be
held at the Bridge Elementary School (3800 N. New England ) facility. Bridge Jr.
High 7th-8th Grade conferences will be held in the elementary school Gymnasium.
6th Grade conferences will be held in the Lunchroom. 5th Grade conferences will
be held in the Auditorium. This is being done as a convenience for families who
have children in both facilities.
Conference hours are 12:00-3:00 PM and 4:00-6:15 PM.
Report Card Distribution Days Friday, June 17, 2011
Professional Development Days Friday, April 1, 2011*
